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ARMENIA FACING THREAT OF LOSING DRINKING WATER: ECOLUR
11:16 | October 16,2014 | Social
The new residential areas in Armenia may get deprived of their
drinking water, which include a number of residential areas in Artik,
Akhuryan, Maralik, Armavir, Vgharshapat and Ararat. The reason is
the irrational use of underground freshwater, which will result
in mineral waters getting mixed with freshwater thus making it non
usable for drinking. Irrational works have already made the springs
of Sev Jur disappear, the same threatens to the underground springs
in Verin Akhuryan, Katnaghbyur, Aparan and Quchak.
This alarm signal will be beaten at the governmental meeting to be
held on 16 October - when approving "Development Program of National
Observation Network for Monitoring of Underground Water Resources in
the Republic of Armenia" document. The program says that 96% of the
drinking water supply is implemented due to the groundwater, which is
also used for other economic purposes such as irrigation, industry,
fish farming etc. "In 2009-2013 from 18 to 18.42 million AMD was
planned for monitoring 70 observation sites in the national network.
These funds don't include the rehabilitation, recovery costs, costs
of equipping them with needed meter devices and transportation
costs (essential changes in petrol price). The program sets out
128 observation sites, which annually need around 344,706 AMD for
maintenance costs and hydrogeological studies or a total of 44,122,447
AMD," the program says.
EcoLur
http://ecolur.org/hy/news/officials/armenia-facing-threat-of-losing-drinking-water/6678/
http://en.a1plus.am/1198265.html
From: A. Papazian
11:16 | October 16,2014 | Social
The new residential areas in Armenia may get deprived of their
drinking water, which include a number of residential areas in Artik,
Akhuryan, Maralik, Armavir, Vgharshapat and Ararat. The reason is
the irrational use of underground freshwater, which will result
in mineral waters getting mixed with freshwater thus making it non
usable for drinking. Irrational works have already made the springs
of Sev Jur disappear, the same threatens to the underground springs
in Verin Akhuryan, Katnaghbyur, Aparan and Quchak.
This alarm signal will be beaten at the governmental meeting to be
held on 16 October - when approving "Development Program of National
Observation Network for Monitoring of Underground Water Resources in
the Republic of Armenia" document. The program says that 96% of the
drinking water supply is implemented due to the groundwater, which is
also used for other economic purposes such as irrigation, industry,
fish farming etc. "In 2009-2013 from 18 to 18.42 million AMD was
planned for monitoring 70 observation sites in the national network.
These funds don't include the rehabilitation, recovery costs, costs
of equipping them with needed meter devices and transportation
costs (essential changes in petrol price). The program sets out
128 observation sites, which annually need around 344,706 AMD for
maintenance costs and hydrogeological studies or a total of 44,122,447
AMD," the program says.
EcoLur
http://ecolur.org/hy/news/officials/armenia-facing-threat-of-losing-drinking-water/6678/
http://en.a1plus.am/1198265.html
From: A. Papazian